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Months after the shooting of a horse in the Panhandle stirred debate over the legality of firing weapons on private property, Lancaster County Council will consider a new firearms proposal at its Monday meeting.
The proposed negligent discharge of firearms ordinance, drafted by the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office and county staff, would place liability on a shooter if a round from a firearm leaves their property. The proposed ordinance includes exemptions for people defending life and property, as well as for approved shooting ranges.

The owner of a storage building came face-to-face with a burglar as he checked his property Tuesday night, though the unknown man got away.
A 70-year-old Lancaster man told police he was making his nightly rounds just after 8 p.m. at a building in the 200 block of Elm Street, according to a Lancaster Police Department incident report. The owner said he checks every night to make sure the building is secure before going home, but this time he saw something odd.
After pulling his car up to the building and walking to the front door, he noticed the door was unlocked.

In the coming days, Lancaster Alternative Policing Strategy (LAPS) will remember people who have passed away and assist those in need of a helping hand.
The local crime-awareness group is holding its Stop the Violence Candlelight Vigil at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in front of Lancaster City Hall, 216 S. Catawba St.
City Councilwoman Tamara Green Garris, LAPS' founder, said there will be a roll call for all victims who died over the past 10 years from “senseless acts of violence.”

At least one person died in a single-vehicle accident Friday afternoon on Camp Creek Road.
That person and at least one more occupant were riding in a gray Nissan SUV that apparently ran off the left side of the road. The vehicle was left on its side in a wooded area near a home at 1638 Camp Creek Road.
The fatal collision occurred at 4:29 p.m., according to the S.C. Highway Patrol.
Troopers, paramedics and the county coroner were among the officials working the accident.
At least one of the occupants was taken away by ambulance.

As the holidays approach, the giant Asian factories are kicking into high gear to provide Americans with monstrous piles of cheaply produced goods – merchandise that has been produced at the expense of American labor.
This year will be different. This year, Americans will give the gift of genuine concern for other Americans. There is no longer an excuse that, at gift-giving time, nothing can be found that is produced by American hands. Yes, there is!

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
Only minutes after being convicted in a disorderly conduct case last week, a Lancaster man was charged with intimidating a juror.
A Lancaster police officer was booking Daquavius Demond Wade, 18, 207 Hampton Road, at the police department on Nov. 30 when he heard Wade make several comments. Wade had just been convicted earlier that day for disorderly conduct by a jury of six of his peers, according to a police department incident report.

ust for a moment, put yourself in Lottie Mangum’s predicament some 70 years ago. More than likely, just like everyone else, she heard the radio reports about 2:30 p.m. local time on Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, when Japanese planes rained hell down on Pearl Harbor in a sneak attack.
The Charlotte, N.C., mom had a stake in what was happening half a world away. Her son, U.S. Army Pvt. Davis Greene, a Lancaster native, was stationed at Schofield Barracks in Honolulu.

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
An injured German Shepherd is under the care of animal control officials only days after he was dragged behind an SUV.
The dog was found by a Lancaster County sheriff’s deputy just before 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, minutes after the deputy was flagged down by a group of people walking along Old Skipper Avenue.
The deputy noticed the people were jumping up and down and pointing toward 15th Street, according to a sheriff’s office incident report.